Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 603open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2001
That this House sympathises with those honourable Member mothers who seek better child-care facilities in the Palace of Westminster, but rejects moves to permit breastfeeding of children in the House of Commons Chamber or committee rooms as being an unsuitable environment for small children; calls upon the House authorities to establish creche facilities in the Palace of Westminster to serve the needs of both honourable Members and staff of the Palace of Westminster; acknowledges that it is impossible for nursing women who are employed as bank clerks, police officers, barristers, supermarket checkout assistants or in many other occupations to breastfeed whilst at their post; and calls upon colleagues in the House to recognise that this principle also applies to honourable Members working in either the Chamber or in committee.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1160open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 November 2000
at end add', where it is demonstrated that the developer is aware of the need to seek planning consent but has chosen to ignore this requirement or has purposefully deviated from consent as granted by the appropriate planning authority,',
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1164open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 November 2000
That this House is concerned about the rising number of abandoned exotic animals; notes that the RSPCA has rescued 3,761 exotic animals this year; welcomes the RSPCA Exotics Campaign 2000; and encourages the Government to introduce legislation requiring that species listed under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 are only sold to persons in possession of a dangerous wild animal licence.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1081open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2000
That this House notes that a four year consultation process was carried out by the Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales (formerly the Welsh Office) between 1995 and 1999 before production of the 2001 census forms for Wales; further notes that regular liaison meetings were held during that period between the Statistical Directorate and the Welsh Language Board to discuss census issues in Wales and that the Chairman of the Welsh Language Board during that period was Lord Elis Thomas of Nant Conwy who is now Welsh Assembly Member for Merionnydd Nant Conwy and the Presiding Officer of the NAW; furthermore, deplores this failure by the Welsh Language Board Chairman to recognise the genuine wishes of the people of Wales to express their ethnicity in the 2001 census form; and calls upon the Government to provide a supplementary means to allow the people of Wales to indicate their ethnicity as well as their place of birth.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1038open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 July 2000
at end add 'bearing in mind that the sculptures are more than a work of art in the minds of the Greek people and that to many they represent the spirit of Greece.'.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 979open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 July 2000
That this House welcomes the position paper published by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education on the National Qualifications Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and its stated objective of promoting public understanding of, and confidence in academic standards; congratulates the Agency on its work to highlight the principles of the Bologna Declaration of 19th June 1999 to which the UK Government is a signatory and to further those aims; draws particular attention to the strong emphasis given in the paper to the view that it is necessary to demonstrate in all circumstances that a masters degree represents a minimum level of achievement that equates to the level associated with the second cycle qualifications envisaged in the Bologna Declaration; confirms that use of the Masters title for lower level achievement runs the risk of devaluing the standing of the Masters degree generally; and furthermore welcomes the Agency's invitation for written comments to be submitted to that body by 30th September on the nomenclature issues raised in their above-mentioned paper.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 971open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 July 2000
That this House applauds the economic and employment benefits being enjoyed by Wales as a result of the success of Government policies; notes that the problems of the past are being remedied by the continuing fall in unemployment now standing at a 20-year low; notes that this change is bringing benefits to the young unemployed where the number of unemployed has fallen by 6,270 since 1997, the long-term unemployed where the number has fallen by 7,107 since 1997, and the overall unemployed where the number has fallen by a dramatic 25,982 since 1997; also takes particular satisfaction in the promise for future Welsh prosperity given by the remarkable figures of inward investment achieved under this Government with Wales receiving a more than proportionate share of eight per cent. of the UK total and also appreciates that indigenous Welsh business is about to receive a boost from the Objective 1 money which has been secured for Wales by a Labour Government.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 951open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 July 2000
That this House congratulates the founder and Chairman of the Investing in Pembrokeshire Society, Danny Fellows, and the directors and administrators of the scheme, on the contribution the Investing in Pembrokeshire Lottery has made to the West Wales economy since its inception in November 1993 in raising capital to invest in local business start-ups and expansion; recognises the fact that up to April 2000 ú760,000 had been paid out as loans, ú680,000 had been paid out as prizes and 150 local jobs had been created; urges communities throughout the UK to use the model provided by the Investing in Pembrokeshire Lottery, based on community control and community involvement as a blueprint to enable communities themselves to provide a climate for job creation and small business expansion.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 948open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 July 2000
That this House congratulates the National Assembly for Wales and Welsh Secretary for Agriculture Christine Gwyther in their work to promote organic farming in Wales; welcomes the opening this week of the Centre for Organic Excellence at the University of Wales Aberystwyth; and welcomes the partnership between the Welsh Development Agency, the University in Aberystwyth, IGER and the Organic Advisory Service which now offers advice and training on organic agriculture to farmers and others connected to the agricultural industry in Wales with the objective of enabling Welsh farmers to capitalise on the demand for organic produce estimated to be worth ú1 billion to the UK by 2001 and provide the opportunity to reduce the level of imports of organic produce into the UK which currently stands at 70 per cent. of demand.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 848open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 June 2000
That this House welcomes the publication of the Burns Report into the impact of a ban on the hunting of animals with hounds and the announcement by the Home Secretary that the Government is to introduce a Bill into this House to give the opportunity to resolve the debate and implement a ban if it is the will of Parliament; welcomes the contribution offered to the debate by the objective findings of the report; urges the Government to recognise the shared judicial system common to both Wales and England when considering this legislation; and condemns attempts by Plaid Cymru Members (who have failed to support those calling for an end to the cruel and barbaric practice of hunting animals with hounds) to ignore this factor in pursuing a separatist agenda for Wales.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 806open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 June 2000
That this House expresses concern at the process whereby, unlike at other universities in the UK, Bachelor of Arts graduates from Oxford and Cambridge can apply for the automatic granting of an MA degree; notes that this practice enables graduates from Oxford and Cambridge to claim an apparent advantage in the jobs market over graduates attaining a Bachelor of Arts degree from other universities and devalues and undermines the efforts and achievements of those students earning an MA after a period of further study and assessment by examination or dissertation; and calls for either the phasing out of the 'free of effort' MA Oxbridge degree or alternatively the provision of automatic MA degrees for all graduates in a spirit of equality and fairness regardless of their universities.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 736open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 May 2000
That this House welcomes the publication of the report of the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones into Mobile Phones and Health; and furthermore welcomes the Government's immediate response and acceptance of the recommendation for a precautionary approach advised by the Stewart Group in addition to expressing willingness to introduce a requirement for full planning permission for all new telecommunications masts, thereby allowing proper democratic input in dealing with any such planning applications for telecommunications masts which was effectively withdrawn by the previous Conservative Government who granted permitted development rights for such applications.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 674open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 May 2000
at end add 'and throughout West Wales'.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 258open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 January 2000
at end add 'but deeply regrets his decision to force a by-election only 2 weeks before the new electoral register is operational, thereby disenfranchising thousands of university students and other potential electors in Ceredigion.'.